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The Patient's Wish to Die: Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care
Chri Rehmann-Sutter
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Description for The Patient's Wish to Die: Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care
Paperback. It presents the best available knowledge and research methodologies about patients' wishes at the end-of-life, together with a series of ethical views and a discussion about the clinical implications for palliative care. Editor(s): Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel); Gudat, Heike; Ohnsorge, Kathrin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMC; MQCL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients. Those confronted by these statments need to understand the complexity of such wishes, so they can respond competently and compassionately to the requests. If misunderstood, the statements can be taken at face-value and the practitioner may not recognise that a patient is in fact experiencing ambivalent feelings at the end of life, or they may misinterpret the expressed wish to die as a sign of clinical depression. Public debate about the morality and ethics of various end-of-life care options has exploded in recent years. However, it ... Read more
Wish to die statements are becoming a frequent phenomenon in terminally ill patients. Those confronted by these statments need to understand the complexity of such wishes, so they can respond competently and compassionately to the requests. If misunderstood, the statements can be taken at face-value and the practitioner may not recognise that a patient is in fact experiencing ambivalent feelings at the end of life, or they may misinterpret the expressed wish to die as a sign of clinical depression. Public debate about the morality and ethics of various end-of-life care options has exploded in recent years. However, it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198713982
SKU
V9780198713982
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About Chri Rehmann-Sutter
Christoph Rehmann-Sutter is Professor of Theory and Ethics in the Biosciences at the University of Lübeck in Germany and is also a visiting professor at King's College, London. After a diploma in molecular biology, he studied philosophy and sociology. In 1996 he founded the Unit of Bioethics at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and he was president of the Swiss ... Read more
Reviews for The Patient's Wish to Die: Research, Ethics, and Palliative Care
If you want to know more about the genesis of wishes to die, and some guidance as to how we might best deal with them, both as individual healthcare practitioners and as a society, then you will find this book of interest.
Dr Roger Woodruff, Hospice Care
Dr Roger Woodruff, Hospice Care